Publications by authors named "C Burgisser"
Gender difference in long-term effect of cardiac rehabilitation; data from CRAGE-extra study.
Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev
June 2024
Introduction: The positive effect of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is demonstrated in younger and older patients. However, it is quite debated whether the beneficial effect is similarly maintained in both genders during follow-up.
Aim: to determine if the improvement obtained after CR remained significant at 1-year follow-up in older population, testing the influence of gender on this outcome.
Background: Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is associated with a progressive reduction of functional capacity. The progression of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters over time is still unknown.
Methods: In this study, 55 patients with ATTR-CM underwent 2 serial cardiologic evaluations and CPETs in a national referral center for cardiac amyloidosis (Careggi University Hospital, Florence).
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves clinical and functional recovery in older patients after acute cardiac syndromes, whose outcome is influenced by cardiac disease severity, but also by comorbidity and frailty. The aim of the study was to analyze the predictors of physical frailty improvement during the CR program. Data were collected in all patients aged > 75 years consecutively admitted from 1 January to December 2017 to our CR, consisting of 5-day-per-week of 30-min session of biking or calisthenics on alternate days for 4 weeks.
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- - This study investigates how cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) can predict outcomes in patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA), a condition that worsens functional capacity over time.
- - Among 75 patients evaluated, those with lower normalized peak oxygen consumption (%ppVO2) showed a significantly higher risk of death or heart failure hospitalization, with a critical threshold identified at 62%.
- - The findings suggest that CPET is a valuable and safe assessment tool for identifying patients with severe ATTR-CA who may benefit from targeted therapies.
Background: The positive effect of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on outcomes after acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is established. Nevertheless, enrollment rates into CR programs remain low, although ACS carry a high risk of functional decline particularly in the elderly.
Aim: We aimed to determine if a multidisciplinary CR improves exercise capacity in an older population discharged after ACS systematically treated with PCI.